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SUBMITTER: Thomson J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350224 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thomson Jeffrey J Trott Darren J DJ Malik Richard R Galgut Bradley B McAllister Milton M MM Nimmo Judith J Renton Doug D Kidd Sarah E SE
Medical mycology case reports 20190116
A nine-year-old domestic cat from Melbourne, Australia, presented with a non-ulcerated nodule on its nasal bridge. A fungal infection of the subcutis was diagnosed based on histopathology and culture of a white mould, which was identified as <i>Sporothrix pallida</i> complex by ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and β-tubulin gene sequencing. The cat was treated by cytoreduction, itraconazole and subsequently posaconazole, which eventually resulted in regression of residual infected tissues and clinical resolution. ...[more]